Tomcat
Tomcat
Tomcat (scientific name : Paederus littoralis) is one of the organisms from the kingdom Animalia. Its scientific classification is Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera, Family Staphylinidae, Genus Paederus, and Species Paederus littoralis. It's considered as an animal because it is eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic, an arthropod because it has jointed feet, segmented body, and an exoskeleton. Finally, it's considered as an insect because it has three pairs of feet, in total 6 feet.
Tomcat has a short life cycle. It's only less than 19 days with 4 days egg phase, 9 days larva phase, 1 day pre-pupa phase, 4 days pupa phase, and then imago phase where the adult tomcat lay eggs. After 120 days of the imago phase, the tomcat dies.
Tomcat is usually 7-10 mm long and 0.5-1 mm wide. It has a pair of antennae and 6 feet all paired up. That's why Tomcat is classified as an insect. It has an exoskeleton to protect its body. It has 3 segments of body : head, thorax, and abdomen. That's why it's classified as an arthropod. The colour of the head is black while the colour of the thorax is red. The structure between the thorax and the abdomen is called elytra, which is black in colour. Its function is to cover the wings. Then, the upper abdomen is red in colour. Finally, the colour of the lower abdomen is black.
Tomcat prefers to live in moist habitats. Therefore, most Tomcats are attracted to irrigated farmland, where the soil is moist. In the farmland, Tomcat is beneficial by eating the herbivorous insects. If the number of herbivorous insects in the farmland decreases, the number of crops will increase. The negative impact of Tomcat in farmland is that Tomcat is poisonous and can hurt farmer.
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